Bed-spring.



M. ANTHONY.

BED SPRING.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1915. 1,185,575. Patented May 30,1916.

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Witnesses DIABK ANTHONY, F STREATOR, ILLINOIS.

BED-SPRING.

Application filed April 29, 1915.

. T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MARK ANTHONY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Streator, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Bed-Spring, of which the following is aspecification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a springbed.

It is a matter of common knowledge that spring beds ordinarily becomedepressed along their longitudinal centers, and generally at theirgeometrical centers. As a consequence of the foregoing. a spring bedafter a brief period of use becomes inoperative, or at leastunsatisfactory in operation.

The present ini'ention contemplates the provision of a. spring bedembodying a plurality of sections of any desired number, the sectionspreferably being of rectangular outline, and so constructed that one setof corners after another of the respective sections of the bed may beplaced together adjacent the geometrical center of the bed, therebydoing away successivelv with depressions at the center of the bed:

Another objectof the in vcntion is to provide novel means for uniting,the respective sections of the bed with each other.

With the above and other objects in iew which will appear as thedescription procecds. the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the de tails of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed. it being understood that changes in the preciseemhodimentoi the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scopeof what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

in the accompanying drawing:*Figzure 1 shows the invention in top plan:Fig. 2 is a side elevation: Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective showing themeans whereby the constituent sections of the bed are united.

Any of the well known forms of spring 5 bed sections may be employed inmaking up the'prcsent invention and the following' description. so faras it deals with details may be taken as typical merely.

In the present invention. and in order to so-present a concreteembodiment. four see ions are shown, the sections being: denotedrespectively by the numerals 1, 2, 3 and 4, although more than foursections may be used if desired. A though the sections may" be variouslyconstructed, each section is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1916.

Serial No. 24,769.

shown as comprising an upper frame 5, a lower frame 6, cross members 7connecting opposed portions of the lower frame 6, and cross members 8connecting opposed portions of the upper frame 5, the cross members ofthe respective frames being rectangularly disposed as is common and wellknown' bed becomes depressed at its center, the sections 1, 2, 3 and 4-may be shifted with respect. to each other to bring other corners intoclose relation at the center of the bed. Th us, the corners 20, 26, 23and 24 may constitute one group. the corners 18, 15, 16 and 17 may'-constitute another group, and the corners 25. 21 and 19 may constitutestill another group. In this manner, the bed may be maintained in goodcondition adjaccnt its longitudinal center, much longer than would bethe case with a common spring bed construction.

A ny suitable means may be provided for connecting the several sections.In the pres ent instance. the connecting means embodies a rod 27provided at its ends with rectangularly disposed hooks 28. Intermediateits ends, the rod 27 is folded upon itself to form a. hook 29 extendedin an opposite direction to the hooks 28. The hooks 28 are engagedaround a. portion of the top frame 5 of one section, and the hook 29 isengaged around the corresponding part of the top frame of an adjoiningsection, as will be understood clearly from Fig. 1 of the drawings.Further, referring to Fig. 1, it is to be noted that the members 8 ofthe top frame 5 enthe hooks 28 on the ends of the rod 27 and hold thesame in position against endwise movement.

Connecting means other than that shown in Fig. 3 may be resorted to, butthe straw turc shown in Fig. Swill be found of peculiar utility.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed iS:--

1. The combination with a. pair of spring bed sections embodying frames,0f a rod extended longitudinally of the frames, the rod being providedat its ends with transverse hooks and being provided with anintermediate hook, the intermediate and end hooks projecting in oppositedirections and being engaged-3 respectively, with the frames.

2. The combination with a pair of spring bed sections, embodying frames,of a rod extended longitudinally of the frames, the rod being providedat its ends with trans verse hooks and being bent upon itselfintermediate its ends to form a loop, the loop being fashioned into anintermediate hook, the intermediate and end hooks extending in oppositedirections and being engaged, respectively, with the frames.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARK ANTHONY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM C. SCHROEDER, CLAUs W. CARLSON.

